Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Leonardo DRS space radio completes first secure on orbit data transport test SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) has completed the first on-orbit test of its multi-channel software-defined radio (SDR) with integrated advanced cryptography, demonstrating secure satel...
Europa Clipper spectrograph tracks interstellar comet 3I ATLAS SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has obtained a key dataset on the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which in July b...
Globalstar Skydio trial validates Band n53 for public safety drone links SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT) and Skydio have completed a joint technology trial that demonstrated Skydio X10 drone operations over Globalstar's licensed Band n53 spectrum and the company's...
Proba-3 mission closes gap in inner solar corona monitoring SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025 Proba-3 has spent its first year in orbit generating more than 50 artificial solar eclipses, giving scientists sustained access to the inner solar corona that previously could only be s...
PUNCH mission delivers sweeping new view of solar activity SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After less than a year in orbit, NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission, built and led by Southwest Research Institute, is returning wide-field images tha...
NASA Langley begins plume surface interaction tests to support future lunar landings SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2025 NASA's Langley Research Center has begun a new series of plume surface interaction tests aimed at improving understanding of how rocket exhaust interacts with planetary surfaces during l...
Eutelsat Network Solutions to lead global rollout of Intellian OW7MP manpack SATCOM terminal SpaceDaily · 22 Dec 2025 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Eutelsat Network Solutions and Intellian Technologies have entered a strategic partnership under which Eutelsat Network Solutions will manage the global launch and availability of Intell...
SpaceForest Advocates for a Permanent Launch Site in Poland European Spaceflight · 22 Dec 2025 Polish rocket builder SpaceForest is lobbying for the creation of a permanent launch site in the country to support at least three domestically developed suborbital launch vehicles. SpaceForest is developing a suborbital...
NASA loses contact with MAVEN, Perseverance continues roving around Jezero NASASpaceflight · 21 Dec 2025 In early December, NASA lost contact with its MAVEN spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars…
Isaacman emphasizes accelerating NASA programs as he takes agency’s reins SpaceNews · 21 Dec 2025 New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants NASA to move faster on programs such as Artemis but acknowledged he needs time to get up to speed on NASA’s activities.
Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year SpaceNews · 21 Dec 2025 Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the company.
Year in images 2025 ESA · 21 Dec 2025 Year in images 2025
Astronauts, launch teams practice Artemis 2 countdown Spaceflight Now · 21 Dec 2025 The run-through simulated day-of-launch activities, included suit up, ingress into the Orion spacecraft and a countdown that stopped just shy of T-0.
NASA Meets New Administrator Jared Isaacman SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Dec 2025 One day after being sworn in as NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman held a Town Hall meeting with the NASA workforce to introduce himself and answer questions. He praised President Trump’s
Artemis II Crew Rehearse Launch Day Demonstration NASA · 20 Dec 2025 The four astronauts set to fly around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II test flight depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a dress rehearsal...
Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2025 Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person who uses a wheelchair to travel to space.
First Wheelchair User Flies to Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 20 Dec 2025 The first wheelchair user flew into space today on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. Michi Benthaus, who was injured in a mountain biking accident in 2018, achieved her dream of
Redwire Tapped to Provide Docking Mechanisms for Nyx Earth Capsule European Spaceflight · 20 Dec 2025 The Exploration Company has awarded Redwire a contract to provide two International Berthing and Docking Mechanisms (IBDM) for its Nyx cargo spacecraft. Developed by QinetiQ Space under a European Space Agency contract a...
Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple ‘Hazyview’ NASA · 20 Dec 2025 Written by Noah Martin, Ph.D. student and Candice Bedford, Research Scientist at Purdue University While much of Perseverance’s work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars’ long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offe...
Space Development Agency awards roughly $3.5 billion to 4 companies for 72 missile tracking and warning satellites Spaceflight Now · 20 Dec 2025 This batch of satellites will populate what the SDA calls the Tracking Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) constellation in low Earth orbit. The work will be divided evenly, with each company b...
NASA safety panel recommends review of Artemis plans SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 NASA’s safety advisers are recommending that the agency reconsider its Artemis lunar landing architecture as well as how it handles incidents such as the flawed Starliner test flight.
Meet NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2025 – Webby Submission NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA engineers are laying the foundation for the moonwalks the first woman and next man will conduct when they land on the lunar South Pole in 2024 as part of the Artemis program. At the agency’s Johnson Space Center in...
Space Development Agency awards $3.5 billion in contracts for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman won contracts to build 72 satellites
Hungary’s 4iG commits to $100 million Axiom Space investment SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 Hungarian communications provider 4iG has agreed to invest $100 million in U.S.-based space station developer Axiom Space, broadening its footprint in the space industry amid a broader push toward vertically integrated c...
NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission NASA · 19 Dec 2025 As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA ast...
NASA Johnson’s 2025 Milestones NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston closed 2025 with major progress across human spaceflight, research, and exploration. From Artemis II mission preparations to science aboard the International Space Station, teams at...
NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam NASA · 19 Dec 2025 Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching seamlessly between...
ESA weighing options to address exploration funding shortfall SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 The European Space Agency expects to decide in February how to address a 20% funding shortfall in its exploration program.
Water Droplet Science NASA · 19 Dec 2025 NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon. This series of overlapping frames from Feb. 19, 2025, displays the unique attraction-repulsio...
Galileo: the journey of satellites 33 and 34 ESA · 19 Dec 2025 On 17 December 2025, two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This was the 14th launch for Europe’s satellite navigation operational satellite programme, reinforcing Europe’s resili...
Post-CM25 industry event online set for 14 January ESA · 19 Dec 2025 On 14 January 2026, the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold an online post-CM25 industry event for all ESA industrial partners.
Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station Ars Technica · 19 Dec 2025 "Russia, meanwhile, will be left to carry on the legacy of the ISS, with all its problems."
ESA Impact 2025 - October-December ESA · 19 Dec 2025 ESA Impact 2025 - October-December
Middle East Space Conference 2026 Returns to Muscat as a Strategic Platform for Regional Growth SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 Paris, December 2025 — The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of the Sultanate of Oman (MTCIT) and Novaspace announce the second Edition of the Middle East Space Conference […]
Two space startups prove you don’t need to break the bank to rendezvous in space Ars Technica · 19 Dec 2025 "We had to push the envelope a little bit here."
Metrics NASA · 19 Dec 2025 Services Catalog Click here to view the FY25 Services Catalog The catalogs provide service description, chargeback rate, unit of measure, and service level indicators for each NSSC service. Service Level Agreement (SLA)...
Week in images: 15-19 December 2025 ESA · 19 Dec 2025 Week in images: 15-19 December 2025
The hidden backbone of space security: how to keep satellites safe through proper logistics SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 The modern space economy is increasingly powered by dual-use satellites that support both civilian services and national security needs. These assets deliver critical capabilities, from communications to Earth observatio...
Europe’s next solid propellant rocket motor passes review ESA · 19 Dec 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development SpaceNews · 19 Dec 2025 Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demonstrations and other applications.

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